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Court Overturns PPD Award, Finds No Valid Impairment Rating 09/18/2024
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned an award of permanent partial disability benefits to an injured mine worker, finding that neither doctor who provided impairment ratings had performed valid evaluations. ...Read More
 
 

CompIQ, Bardavon Launch Automated Referral Process 09/18/2024
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Other
CompIQ Solutions and Bardavon announced a partnership to create an automated referral process for injured workers who need specialized care. ...Read More
 
 

Court Continues to Reject Repetitive Constitutional Challenges to IRE Process 09/17/2024
State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected yet another constitutional challenge to the state's new impairment rating evaluation process. ...Read More
 
 

DOL Orders Compensation for Workers Fired Over Safety Concerns, Misclassified as Contractors 09/17/2024
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The U.S. Labor Department said it received more than $350,000 in back wages for workers at a Michigan construction company who were misclassified as contractors and for a truck driver in Virginia who was illegally fired after raising safety concerns. ...Read More
 
 

WCD Announces Increase in Retro Benefits 09/17/2024
State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division posted a bulletin announcing the annual increase in retroactive program benefits and the processes for calculating benefits owed to injured workers. ...Read More
 
 

Lack of Evidence Connecting Worker's Alleged Injury to Job Results in Denial of Claim 09/17/2024
State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim because she failed to demonstrate a causal connection between her alleged injuries and her workplace accident. ...Read More
 
 

Worker Not Entitled to Expand Claim, Receive Additional MRI 09/17/2024
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand his claim and for authorization for a magnetic resonance imaging scan. ...Read More
 
 

Carrier Not Obligated to Pay Worker's Belatedly Submitted Bills 09/17/2024
State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer
The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that an insurance carrier had no obligation to pay a worker's medical bills that were submitted more than 45 days after the treatments were rendered. ...Read More
 
 

Court Upholds Increase in Worker's Award for Back Injury 09/16/2024
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an increase in a worker’s award of benefits for a back injury. Case:...Read More
 
 

Employer Must Pay for Worker's Self-Developed Treatments of Decades-Old Back Injury 09/16/2024
State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the compensability of a former news reporter’s self-developed treatments for a decades-old back injury. ...Read More
 
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